The quarter-final match of the National Football Championship at the Barisal venue took an unexpected turn when tensions flared between players and fans during the encounter between Jessore and Bagerhat. What began as a tightly contested match ended in chaos, with Bagerhat leaving the field before the final whistle following a heated altercation.

Heated Moments at Barisal Venue

Jessore were leading by one goal when the game descended into disorder about ten minutes before full time. A clash between players and fans broke out, forcing the Bagerhat team to abandon the match. According to reports, the referee was also insulted and attacked verbally amid the commotion.

BFF (Bangladesh Football Federation) officials confirmed that the results of the other three quarter-final matches were released, but the Jessore-Bagerhat outcome remains unresolved.
Wahid Uddin Chowdhury, Chairman of the National Football Championship Committee and BFF Vice-President, stated,

β€œπ‘»π’‰π’† 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Žπ’‚π’•π’„π’‰ π’„π’π’Žπ’Žπ’Šπ’”π’”π’Šπ’π’π’†π’“ 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’”π’–π’ƒπ’Žπ’Šπ’•π’•π’†π’… π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’„π’π’Žπ’Žπ’Šπ’•π’•π’†π’† π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏 π’†π’Žπ’†π’“π’ˆπ’†π’π’„π’š π’Žπ’†π’†π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’•π’π’Žπ’π’“π’“π’π’˜, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 π’‡π’π’“π’Žπ’‚π’ π’…π’†π’„π’Šπ’”π’Šπ’π’ π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’‡π’π’π’π’π’˜ 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 π’‡π’Šπ’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’”.”

Coaches and Officials Share Conflicting Views

Jessore head coach Azizul Islam Shukur expressed disappointment over the disruption, claiming his team had no involvement in the incident.

β€œπ‘Ύπ’† π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’π’†π’‚π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’ƒπ’š 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’ˆπ’π’‚π’ π’˜π’‰π’†π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’‘π’‘π’π’”π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ π’ƒπ’†π’ˆπ’‚π’ π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’–π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’‚π’•π’•π’‚π’„π’Œπ’†π’… 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒆. π‘Ίπ’†π’„π’–π’“π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’„π’π’π’‡π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’, π’•π’‰π’†π’š 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‡π’Šπ’†π’π’…,” 𝒉𝒆 π’”π’‚π’Šπ’….

However, Bagerhat officials painted a different picture. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, BFF executive committee member and president of the Bagerhat District Football Association, claimed the refereeing was biased.

β€œπ‘»π’‰π’† π’Žπ’‚π’•π’„π’‰ 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒆, π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ π’“π’‚π’Šπ’”π’†π’… 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔. 𝑢𝒖𝒓 π’‘π’π’‚π’šπ’†π’“π’” π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’‚π’•π’•π’‚π’„π’Œπ’†π’… π’ƒπ’š 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 π’˜π’† 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 π‘©π’‚π’“π’Šπ’”π’‚π’,” 𝒉𝒆 π’‚π’π’π’†π’ˆπ’†π’….

Refereeing Controversy and Other Match Results

The decision to appoint a Jessore-based referee for a Jessore match sparked criticism. Responding to the controversy, BFF Vice-President Wahid Uddin Chowdhury defended the choice, saying,

β€œπ‘»π’‰π’† 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒆 π’Šπ’” 𝑭𝑰𝑭𝑨-π’„π’†π’“π’•π’Šπ’‡π’Šπ’†π’… 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‡π’–π’π’π’š π’’π’–π’‚π’π’Šπ’‡π’Šπ’†π’…. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’˜π’†π’“π’† 𝒏𝒐 π’Šπ’”π’”π’–π’†π’” π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’‰π’Šπ’” π’…π’†π’„π’Šπ’”π’Šπ’π’π’”.”

Meanwhile, the other quarter-final matches proceeded without incident:

  • Chittagong defeated Comilla 2-1 in Noakhali.
  • Sirajganj beat Narsingdi 3-0 in Gazipur.
  • Dinajpur edged Bogra 1-0 in Nilphamari.

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